Simply put, it's increasingly harder for anyone to actually defend Musk. Over the past few years there's been quite a few threads on HN praising Musk, worshipin

Simply put, it's increasingly harder for anyone to actually defend Musk. Over the past few years there's been quite a few threads on HN praising Musk, worshiping the ground he walks upon, making him into a Tech Savior and my guess is that when he says something indefensible like this, the best you can do is flag and move on. Which, well, it's probably for the best of HN in either case. There's really not much else to say on this topic, although I hope that this whole nonsense he keeps perpetuating helps cull the cult surrounding him here. It's especially interesting because a few months ago I argued with someone that Musk will accept responsibility when he does something bad or says something stupid. And yet here we are.